OS version detection esp. Mac OS

[Renaud Deraison]

On Tue, Aug 17, 2004 at 12:33:58PM +0100, Nelson, C.M. wrote:
> i)   Does "Remote OS guess :..." come from the nmap_osfingerprint.nes
> pluggin?

Yes.

> ii)  If so how does it relate to Nmap and why is it there?

nmap_osfingerprint.nes used to be a lightweight version of Nmap using
less memory. It has now been removed from CVS and is not supported any
more.

> iii) Does the data for the "The remote host is running..." line come
> from Nmap.

No. It comes from os_fingerprint.nasl

> iv)  Will this discrepancy be removed when I upgrade or am I doing
> something wrong?

Remove nmap_osfingerprint.nes



				-- Renaud